We began our day bright and early at 3:30AM to start our bus-train-bus journey to Machu Picchu! We met our guide for the day, Puma, who has been to the site over 500 times and was incredibly knowledgeable. After a long drive, we arrived at the base of the mountain and caught the bus to...
Day three of the jungle was hardcore! It rained in La Paz which caused the river level to rise drastically. This meant we couldn’t walk in the riverbed and had to carry the filters directly through the forest. This was a lot harder than walking through the riverbed. The raised river also made carrying the...
Filled with enthusiasm for the group, the course instructors called to share the students’ early engagement and investment in this field study’s layers of purpose. After a day of work at KACH, I think they ran out of steam for a “post,” though I am assuming we will enjoy a student post tomorrow.